5 THEMES OF

GEOGRAPHYSOCIAL STUDIES – MISS MILAZZO

Location

Location describes where a place is.

2 Types of Location Absolute Location Relative Location

Absolute Location Describes the exact location on the

earth’s surface

Use latitude and longitude to describe this location

Global address

Absolute Location

 Latitude: 40° 7' N

Longitude: 74° W

NEW YORK CITY

Relative Location Describes a place in relation to another

place

Typically directional words are used to describe the location

Relative Location

Northeast of Philadelphia

Located between the Hudson River and East River

Empire State Building is 227 miles north of the White House.

It is also about 15 blocks from New York's Central Park.

NEW YORK CITY

Place

The physical and human characteristics that make a place unique

Physical Characteristics What naturally is present?

Can include landforms such as mountains or bodies of water, animals, the climate or weather conditions

Physical Characteristics

NEW YORK CITY Located on an island called Manhattan

Has a humid subtropical climate

Human Characteristics What do people make or do there?

Can include their culture, language, religion, politics, buildings, landmarks, bridges, and roads

Human Characteristics

NEW YORK CITY

Human-Environment Interaction

The impact humans and the environment have on each other.

Can be positive or negative.

Human-Environment Interaction

Hurricanes can occur in this area and subways or low lying coastal areas need to be evacuated.

On an island so humans have had to adapt and build a bridge to be able to and from the city

Air pollution exists from factories, buildings, and vehicle exhaust.

NEW YORK CITY

Movement

The mobility of people, goods and ideas

Travel, communication, trade

Movement

50.5 million tourists visited in 2011

Immigration - Between 1892 and 1956 over 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island

NEW YORK CITY

Region

Unifying physical, human, or cultural characteristics in an area

Helps geographers split the world into areas of study

Region

NEW YORK CITY

In the Northeast of the United States

Located along the eastern seaboard

5 boroughs which include Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn,

Queens and Staten Island

Can you name the 5 themes?

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And the 5 themes are…

1 – Location2 – Place3 – Human-Environment Interaction

4 – Movement 5 – Region